4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Holy, holy, the Lord on high,
Maker of the mountains and the morning sky.
Higher than the heavens, and still He came,
Holy, holy, and He knows my name.
[Verse 1]
He hung the stars and named them all,
Not one of them unknown.
And the God who never lost a star
Has never lost His own.
[Chorus]
Holy, holy, the Lord on high,
Maker of the mountains and the morning sky.
Higher than the heavens, and still He came,
Holy, holy, and He knows my name.
[Verse 2]
He weighed the mountains in His hand,
He measured out the sea.
And the hands that hold the mountains up
Came down and laid hold of me.
[Chorus]
Holy, holy, the Lord on high,
Maker of the mountains and the morning sky.
Higher than the heavens, and still He came,
Holy, holy, and He knows my name.
[Verse 3]
He did not learn my name from me,
He knew it from the start.
He wrote it in the Lamb's own book
And wrote it on His heart.
[Bridge]
The high and lofty One,
The One whose name is Holy,
He dwells in the high and holy place,
And He dwells with the lowly.
He did not stay up in the heights,
Down to the cold He came,
Down to a field where I stood lost,
And He called me by my name.
[Final Chorus]
Holy, holy, the Lord on high,
Maker of the mountains and the morning sky.
Higher than the heavens, and still He came,
Holy, holy, and He knows my name.
[Outro]
Holy, holy,
And He knows my name.
Holy, holy,
And He knows my name.
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